Instructions in Spirella Corsetry/Chapter 12

Chapter 12: How to Decide Which Lacing Adjustment to Use
1.	At this point, you have decided on your client's type, observed her conditions, if she has any, determined her poise and taken her actual body measurements. All the information, gained through these various steps, gives you the necessary facts upon which to base your decision as to which lacing adjustment your client needs. Your decision is made on what the condition is and where it is.

2.	It is a general rule that an adjustment by lacing in the front cares for conditions on the front of the body; lacing in the back cares for conditions on the back of the body. In some conditions it may be found necessary to use combined lacing adjustments of vari- ous kinds.

3. THE FOUR TYPES, being normal, can wear either back or front-laced corsets. In this case you will select the one which will conform to and bring out the natural good figure lines. If your client has a preference for either front or back adjustment, you can consider her choice. If she is not normal, her condition, what it is and where it is, will determine the lacing adjustment.

4. GORILLA POISE requires a corset with lacing adjustment in the front to correct the condition, or a combined front and back adjustment may be used.

5. KANGAROO POISE requires a corset with a combined front and back, or a combined front and partial back adjustment, or lacing in the back, to correct the condition.

6.	CUT-IN WAIST requires a corset with lacing in the back, or combined adjustment may be used.

7. FLESH DEVELOPED OUT OF PROPORTION OVER SIDE HIPS AND ABDOMEN usually requires a corset with lacing in the front if the larger accumulation of flesh is over the abdomen; or lacing adjustment in the back if the larger accumulation of flesh is over side hips.

8.	THIGH FLESH requires a corset with lacing adjustment in the back, or a combined front and back adjustment.

9. PROMINENT AND PENDULOUS ABDOMEN usually requires a corset with combined back and partial front lacing ad- justment. In cases which are not extreme either front or back lacing adjustment may be used.

10. PROMINENT HIP BONES, SCANT OR HEAVY BUST AND HEAVY SHOULDER FLESH do not affect your decision as to lacing adjustment. These conditions will be treated in another section.